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proportional font vs old style

old style vs proportional font

proportional font and old style both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
proportional font Yes No No No
old style Yes No No No
As nouns, old style is a hyponym of proportional font; that is, old style is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than proportional font:
  • proportional font: any font whose different characters have different widths
  • old style: a typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes
Other hyponyms of proportional font include Bodoni, Bodoni font, modern, modern font, old style font, roman, roman letters, roman print, roman type.
proportional font (noun) old style (noun)
any font whose different characters have different widths a typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes
Difference between proportional font and old style

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